Lesley Chamberlain
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesley Chamberlain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Chamberlain |
| SIGNATURE | CHAMBERLAIN L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nietzsche's Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit by Paolo D'Iorio
Review Article| January 01 2020 Nietzsche’s Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit by Paolo D’Iorio D’Iorio, Paolo, Nietzsche’s Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit, trans. Gorelick, Sylvia Mae (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 168 pp. Lesley Chamberlain Lesley Chamberlain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (1): 183–184. https://…
The Sad Rider
This guest column marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Jacques Derrida. The journal in which it appears, Common Knowledge, was not especially receptive to deconstruction during Derrida's lifetime, but Lesley Chamberlain in retrospect sees reasons to reconsider his role in intellectual history now. The delicacy of Derrida's mission, she argues, has been misunderstood. He is best placed in the company not of the "deconstructionists" who thou…
Quietism and Polemic
Although they have a religious origin, the terms quietist and quietism have generally been used in the anglophone world in the context created by the French Revolution, which made them expressions of political abuse. Examination of classic instances of their use shows that in fact they were terms of psychological abuse, signs that men and women of political commitment could not understand, let alone accept, others who were not committed to one si…
Introduction: The Need for Repose
This essay introduces the second installment of a symposium in Common Knowledge called "Apology for Quietism." This introductory piece concerns the sociology of quietism and why, given the supposed quietude of quietists, there is such a thing at all. Dealing first with the "activist" Susan Sontag's attraction to the "quietist" Simone Weil, it then concentrates on the "activist" William Empson's attraction to the Buddha and to Buddhist quietism, w…
Quietism and Polemic
Although they have a religious origin, the terms quietist and quietism have generally been used in the anglophone world in the context created by the French Revolution, which made them expressions of political abuse. Examination of classic instances of their use shows that in fact they were terms of psychological abuse, signs that men and women of political commitment could not understand, let alone accept, others who were not committed to one si…
Introduction: The Need for Repose
This essay introduces the second installment of a symposium in Common Knowledge called "Apology for Quietism." This introductory piece concerns the sociology of quietism and why, given the supposed quietude of quietists, there is such a thing at all. Dealing first with the "activist" Susan Sontag's attraction to the "quietist" Simone Weil, it then concentrates on the "activist" William Empson's attraction to the Buddha and to Buddhist quietism, w…
Quietism and Polemic
Although they have a religious origin, the terms quietist and quietism have generally been used in the anglophone world in the context created by the French Revolution, which made them expressions of political abuse. Examination of classic instances of their use shows that in fact they were terms of psychological abuse, signs that men and women of political commitment could not understand, let alone accept, others who were not committed to one si…
Introduction: The Need for Repose
This essay introduces the second installment of a symposium in Common Knowledge called "Apology for Quietism." This introductory piece concerns the sociology of quietism and why, given the supposed quietude of quietists, there is such a thing at all. Dealing first with the "activist" Susan Sontag's attraction to the "quietist" Simone Weil, it then concentrates on the "activist" William Empson's attraction to the Buddha and to Buddhist quietism, w…
The Sad Rider
This guest column marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Jacques Derrida. The journal in which it appears, Common Knowledge, was not especially receptive to deconstruction during Derrida's lifetime, but Lesley Chamberlain in retrospect sees reasons to reconsider his role in intellectual history now. The delicacy of Derrida's mission, she argues, has been misunderstood. He is best placed in the company not of the "deconstructionists" who thou…
Nietzsche's Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit by Paolo D'Iorio
Review Article| January 01 2020 Nietzsche’s Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit by Paolo D’Iorio D’Iorio, Paolo, Nietzsche’s Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit, trans. Gorelick, Sylvia Mae (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 168 pp. Lesley Chamberlain Lesley Chamberlain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (1): 183–184. https://…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · German (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Buddhism (1 works) · Certainty (1 works) · Citation (1 works)